Chuàngshìjì 42:19

19 Nǐmen rúguǒ shì chéngshí rén , kĕyǐ liú nǐmen zhōngjiān de yī gèrén qiú zaì jiānlǐ , dàn nǐmen kĕyǐ daì zhe liángshi huí qù , jiù nǐmen jiā lǐ de jīhuāng .

Chuàngshìjì 42:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:19

If ye [be] true [men]
As you say you are: let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison;
agree among yourselves which of you (for one of you must) remain in prison where you are: and the rest being set at liberty, go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;
Joseph, though he dealt with them after this manner to get what knowledge he could of his family, and to get sight of his brother, yet was concerned for the good of them and theirs, lest they should be in extreme want through the famine, and that they might have a speedy supply of corn, was not willing to detain them any longer.

Chuàngshìjì 42:19 In-Context

17 Yúshì Yūesè bǎ tāmen dōu xià zaì jiānlǐ sān tiān .

18 Dào le dì sān tiān , Yūesè duì tāmen shuō , wǒ shì jìngwèi shén de . nǐmen zhào wǒde huà xíng jiù kĕyǐ cún huó .

19 Nǐmen rúguǒ shì chéngshí rén , kĕyǐ liú nǐmen zhōngjiān de yī gèrén qiú zaì jiānlǐ , dàn nǐmen kĕyǐ daì zhe liángshi huí qù , jiù nǐmen jiā lǐ de jīhuāng .

20 Bǎ nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi daì dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , rúcǐ , nǐmen de huà biàn yǒu zhèngjù , nǐmen yĕ búzhìyú sǐ . tāmen jiù zhàoyàng ér xíng .

21 Tāmen bǐcǐ shuō , wǒmen zaì xiōngdi shēnshang shízaì yǒu zuì . tā āi qiú wǒmen de shíhou , wǒmen jiàn tā xīnli de chóukǔ , què bù kĕn tīng , suǒyǐ zhè chǎng kǔnàn líndào wǒmen shēnshang .